No. 20-6331

Raphael Dimenick Sam v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2020-11-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER OR NOT THE LOWER COURT ERRED AND ABUSED HIS DISCRETION THE TRIAL COURT REVERSIBLY ERRED FOR ALLOWING "VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT AND VICTIM IMPACT EVIDENCE" OVER OBJECTION DURING GUILT/INNOCENCE PHASE OF TRIAL.

2. WHETHER OR NOT THE LOWER COURT ERRED AND ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN NOT FINDING THE ISSUANCE OF AN "AFFIRMATIVE FINDING" OF A "DEADLY WEAPON" SHOULD HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM JUDGMENT.

3. WHETHER OR NOT THE LOWER COURT ERRED AND ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN NOT DETERMINING THE SENTENCES WERE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DEFENDANTS SIMILARLY SITUATED.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-09-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Raphael Dimenick Sam
Raphael D. Sam — Petitioner